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. 2021 Apr 14;224(10):1796–1805. doi: 10.1093/infdis/jiab207

Table 1.

Study Population

Study Set Study No. Study Type HBsAg Anti-HBc Clinical Implication Group Follow-up HBV-HCC Status Follow-up HBV-Liver Cirrhosis Status
Taiwan Biobank 6187 Biobank Negative Positive Past infection Healthy individuals who cleared HBV NA NA
REVEAL-HBV 3416 Longitudinal cohort Positive Positive Chronic hepatitis B infection Chronic hepatitis B carriers Incident HCC (n = 306) Incident liver cirrhosis (n = 339)
Taiwan Liver Cancer Network 400 Biobank Positive Positive Chronic hepatitis B infection Chronic hepatitis B carriers (HCC) NA NA

Abbreviations: HBc, hepatitis B core; HBsAg, hepatitis B surface antigen; HBV, hepatitis B virus; HCC, hepatocellular carcinoma; NA, not applicable.